वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-82, verse-20

विभीषणवचः कुर्याद् यदि स्म धनदानुजः ।
श्मशानभूता दुःखार्ता नेयं लङ्का पुरी भवेत् ॥२०॥

20. vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ kuryād yadi sma dhanadānujaḥ ,
śmaśānabhūtā duḥkhārtā neyaṃ laṅkā purī bhavet.

20. vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ kuryāt yadi sma dhanadānujaḥ
śmaśānabhūtā duḥkhārtā na iyam laṅkā purī bhavet

20. yadi dhanadānujaḥ vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ sma kuryāt iyam
laṅkā purī śmaśānabhūtā duḥkhārtā na bhavet

20. If Kubera's younger brother (Ravana) had heeded Vibhishana's advice, this city of Lanka would not have become a sorrow-stricken cremation ground.

Words meanings summery:

• विभीषणवचः (vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ) - Vibhishana's advice (Vibhishana's words, advice)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would follow, would heed (would do, should do, would make)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating an unrealized past condition) (indeed, certainly (when used with a present tense verb, it implies past action or an unrealized condition))

• धनदानुजः (dhanadānujaḥ) - Ravana (Kubera's younger brother (Ravana))

• श्मशानभूता (śmaśānabhūtā) - transformed into a cremation ground (having become a cremation ground)

• दुःखार्ता (duḥkhārtā) - afflicted by sorrow (distressed by sorrow, sorrow-stricken)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (city of Lanka) (this (feminine))

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (Lanka (name of an island city))

• पुरी (purī) - city (city, town)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would become (would be, might be, should be)

Words meanings and morphology

विभीषणवचः (vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ) - Vibhishana's advice (Vibhishana's words, advice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vibhīṣaṇavacas

vibhīṣaṇavacas - Vibhishana's speech, words, advice

Compound type : tatpurusha (vibhīṣaṇa+vacas)

• vibhīṣaṇa – Vibhishana (proper name, younger brother of Ravana)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vacas – speech, word, utterance, advice
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative/Accusative singular form. Context indicates accusative as object of 'kuryāt'.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would follow, would heed (would do, should do, would make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

optative mood

Optative 3rd person singular active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating an unrealized past condition) (indeed, certainly (when used with a present tense verb, it implies past action or an unrealized condition))

(indeclinable)

धनदानुजः (dhanadānujaḥ) - Ravana (Kubera's younger brother (Ravana))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanadānuja

dhanadānuja - younger brother of Dhanada (Kubera); Ravana

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhanada+anuja)

• dhanada – giver of wealth, Kubera
  proper noun (masculine)
• anuja – younger brother (lit. born after)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Sandhi 'a' + 'a' = 'ā' for 'Dhanada-anuja'.

श्मशानभूता (śmaśānabhūtā) - transformed into a cremation ground (having become a cremation ground)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śmaśānabhūta

śmaśānabhūta - having become a cremation ground, resembling a cremation ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (śmaśāna+bhūta)

• śmaśāna – cremation ground, cemetery
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, been, past, creature
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'laṅkā purī'.

दुःखार्ता (duḥkhārtā) - afflicted by sorrow (distressed by sorrow, sorrow-stricken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhārta

duḥkhārta - afflicted by sorrow, distressed, miserable

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+ārta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root 'ṛ' (to go, to move), with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'laṅkā purī'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (city of Lanka) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (Lanka (name of an island city))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (the island kingdom of Ravana)

पुरी (purī) - city (city, town)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, fortress

भवेत् (bhavet) - would become (would be, might be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

optative mood

Optative 3rd person singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)